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Experience
The role of patient volume as it relates to outcomes is well documented.
Hospitals with large volumes in procedures demonstrate that experience
results in better clinical outcomes.
1,201 heart surgeries were performed in 2004.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA,
March 2000) reported that hospitals that perform at least 500 coronary
artery bypass surgeries annually had lower mortality rates.
Learn more.
7,400 cardiac catheterizations were performed
in 2004. According to the Goodroe Quarterly Cath Lab Data,
hospitals with cath labs perform an average of 1,011 cardiac
catheterizations a year.
Learn more.
Best practice: aspirin therapy
Timely use of aspirin therapy is a “best practice” that helps reduce
mortality rates for heart attack patients. Currently, 100 percent of
eligible heart attack patients at Oklahoma Heart Hospital receive best
practice aspirin therapy within 24 hours of diagnosis. The average rate
statewide is 86 percent.
Best practice: beta blocker prescription
The National Acute Myocardial Infarction Project shows beta blocker
prescribed at discharge decreases morbidity and mortality associated
with heart attack.
Best practice: education to stop smoking
Smoking has been identified as the single most preventable cause of
death and disease in the United States. Patient education is a priority
at Oklahoma Heart Hospital. This includes teaching patients to stop
smoking. Patients who smoke are given information to help them kick the
habit. Every smoking patient is identified on admission and provided
with smoking cessation information prior to leaving the hospital.
Nursing experience
The average experience level for an OHH nurse is nine years.
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